1. Effect of the interference with DRP1 expression on the biological characteristics of glioma stem cells
- Author
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Huimei Cao, Qikuan Hu, Hong Tao, Linna Zhang, Wei Gong, and Jijuan Yang
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0301 basic medicine ,Cancer Research ,endocrine system ,Cell ,DRP1 ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) ,Glioma ,medicine ,Oncogene ,Chemistry ,mitochondrial fission ,General Medicine ,Articles ,Cell cycle ,medicine.disease ,In vitro ,Mitotic inhibitor ,Cell biology ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,glioma stem cells ,Neuron ,Stem cell - Abstract
In the present study, a model of glioma stem cells (GSCs) was established and combined with molecular targeting drugs in order to observe its inhibitory effect on the proliferation and biological characteristics of GSCs, with the aim of providing a potential target for the treatment of glioma. On the basis of a relatively classical induction strategy with neuron induction medium, a large number of GSC-like cells in good condition and globular growth were amplified in vitro, which had the potential to differentiate into neurons, oligodendrocytes and astrocytes/glioma cells. It was observed that the interference with dynamin-related protein 1 expression using Mdivi-1, a mitochondrial mitotic inhibitor, at the optimal concentration, decreased the expression level of stem cell-associated genes, inhibited proliferation and promoted apoptosis in GSCs. The present study provided an experimental basis for a novel strategy of cancer treatment with tumor stem cells as the target.
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- 2021